# set (fix)

To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: systems

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [value](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-value.magnitude), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** A wall that merely is gains a cause: some condition or system holds the parameter's value or the wall's position, so what lies inside the window must stay there because something keeps it so.

**Novel properties:**
- a wall with a bearer
- the difference between a limit that is and a limit that is imposed
- the verb that dependence, autonomy and power are made of

## Used by
- [agency](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-agency.capacity) (L14)
- [asian century](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-asian-century.claimed-future) (L19)
- [autonomy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-autonomy.self-governed) (L13)
- [belonging](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-belonging.member) (L16)
- [bottleneck](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bottleneck.constraint) (L10)
- [burned bridges](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burned-bridges.path) (L15)
- [buyer's remorse](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-buyers-remorse.own-choice) (L16)
- [cargo cult](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cargo-cult.ritual) (L17)
- [chain reaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chain-reaction.stacked) (L17)
- [checkmate](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-checkmate.other-set) (L15)
- [chilling effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chilling-effect.induced-under) (L15)
- [chokepoint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chokepoint.bottleneck) (L14)
- [consent](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-consent.given) (L17)
- [context](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-context.surrounding-conditions) (L10)
- [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability) (L15)
- [crisis of faith](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-crisis-of-faith.narrative) (L19)
- [deep state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deep-state.hidden) (L18)
- [dependence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dependence.condition) (L10)
- [deterrence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deterrence.modeled-wall) (L16)
- [domino effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-domino-effect.stacked) (L14)
- [double bind](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-double-bind.contradictory) (L18)
- [elite](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-elite.few) (L17)
- [enemy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-enemy.against) (L15)
- [establishes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-establishes.verb) (L10)
- [establishment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-establishment.settled) (L17)
- [faction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-faction.inner) (L14)
- [fifth column](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fifth-column.inside) (L17)
- [foreign interference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-foreign-interference.outside) (L19)
- [foundation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-foundation.structural) (L10)
- [founding fathers](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-founding-fathers.origin) (L19)
- [grievance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-grievance.held) (L18)
- [ground](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ground.level) (L14)
- [hobson's choice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hobsons-choice.one-option) (L18)
- [hubris](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hubris.overreach) (L16)
- [ick factor](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ick-factor.aversion) (L17)
- [illusion of control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-illusion-of-control.over) (L16)
- [impossibility](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-impossibility.unreachable) (L16)
- [interregnum](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interregnum.no-setter) (L15)
- [knock on effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-knock-on-effect.stacked) (L15)
- [lame duck](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lame-duck.ending) (L16)

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